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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: VM question for developersRe: VM question for developers
From: TP Diffenbach <rockbox_at_diffenbach.org>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 19:12:12 -0400 Quoting Ben Allfree <benles_at_bldigital.com>: > Hi Developers, > > > > The Jukebox firmware team is presently discussing the technical feasibility > of implementing a virtual machine like Java or Python. Assuming that > portable C code is available, and that the firmware can be developed, what > trouble do you think we would encounter? Memory: for the VM plus the libraries plus the interpreted code. Speed: java, at least (can't speak about Python) is slow -- a good part of the reason is that it allocates memory for everything except primitives. Question: what sort of java/python apps would you expect people to want to run on the Rockbox?-- Archos FM has a Rockbox! Received on 2003-05-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |